Today's front page on CNN paints an interesting picture of possible Vice President Sarah Palin. The one thing that really interested me about this article is that Palin claims that she will not force her religious beliefs on anyone. I can appreciate that greatly, and I hope, should she be put in office, she urges McCain to do the same. As someone who ardently supports the woman's right to choose and the ability for women of all ages to have easy access to birth control and the morning after pill (also known as Plan B), I hope that Ms. Palin does not enforce the same policies she enforces on her children to the American public. Also, as a fellow student (and unfortunate member of the other Poli Sci period) Howard Liu said, it is highly unlikely for the decision of Roe versus Wade to be overturned. Still, as a supporter of adequate sex education and women's rights, it's something I feel that I must concern myself with.
I also have a random side tangent from a post I didn't make that I might as well post now, since there is very little media in this post.
Do I think it's fair that the public continues to scrutinize Sarah Palin? Yes, it would happen to anyone in her shoes and for something who doesn't give interviews but openly critiques others, it's bound to happen. Do I think she's being excessively scrutinized for being a woman? Not at all, look at some of the comments made towards Obama, and even on occasion, McCain. Do I think Sarah Palin needs to stop crying about being a woman and how every question towards her is "sexist"? Yes. I don't doubt Sarah Palin's abilities because she is a woman, I doubt her abilities because in my opinion, she is hardly experienced (at the most, she is on the same level as Obama).
Monday, September 8, 2008
Posted by Kristi at 11:10 PM
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I must say that I understand where you are coming from having concerns about social issues like abortion and gay marriage. However, Roe v. Wade ruling was handed down in 1973 and precedent is very, VERY difficult to be overturned in Supreme Court cases. VERY VERY few times has precedent been overturned, with Plessy v. Fergusson one of the very very few exceptions. The truth is that the majority of the justices on the Supreme Court are conservative now, but they have no reason to overturn Roe v. Wade, so they don't plan to do so. For 8 years of President Reagan, 4 years of George H.W. Bush, and 8 years of George W. Bush, Roe v. Wade was NOT overturned and all 3 of those Presidents were strongly against abortion. Why? Because like I said, precendent has a very very strong stance in the Supreme Court. (Previous rulings in the Supreme Court are VERY VERY difficult to be overturned) So it doesn't matter how many conservative justices are appointed to the Supreme Court next, it is my VERY strong opinion that Roe v. Wade will not be overturn. In the end, social issues like gay marriage and abortion, will be like how it always has been: it is up to the states to decide. Each state decides their position on gay marriage and abortion. And for both of those issues, we will never get a constitional amendment to take a side because not enough states will sign it for it to become an amendment. We have tried with the Federal Marriage Amendment (anti-gay marriage bill) to the Constitution. It failed.
Now to address the issue of Sarah Palin and the media. Obviously I expected the media to go after McCain and Palin and promote pro-Obama and pro-Obama views because the media is more liberal. A Nonpartisan report a few weeks ago had found that Obama got 66% of the coverage as compared to 33% for McCain. (and much of McCain's coverage was negative.) Now Sarah Palin is not crying sexism, the media is sexist. It seems that the media doesn't want to focus on any of Palin's politics but what they do want to focus on is bashing Palin and anti-Palin this anti-Palin that. They have the most obscure and nonrelevant articles about Sarah Palin in the NY Times everyday in which they consider news and is quite preposterous. Now the media IS using sexism against Palin. HOW DARE THEY QUESTION WHETHER SARAH PALIN WOULD PUT HER FAMILY BEFORE SERVING HER COUNTRY? WOULD THEY EVER ASK A MAN THAT QUESTION? HAVE THEY EVER ASKED A MAN PRESIDENTIAL OR VP CANDIDATE THAT QUESTION? NEVER! SO TELL ME WHO'S being unfair now. Sarah Palin or the media? The media is RIDICULOUS. If the media provided fair coverage of McCain and Obama, I am VERY confident that McCain would be up 10 points over Obama now and not the 2-3 he currently is.
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